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01:00 >>THIS PRESEATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. (MUSIC) 01:10 >>VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON THE EARTH, REGARDLESS OF 01:13 RELIGION OR NATIONALITY, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME 01:16 FORM OF BATTLE RAGING IN THE WORLD AROUND US BETWEEN THE 01:20 FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL - A COLOSSAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN LIGHT 01:25 AND DARKNESS, TRUTH AND ERROR, OPPRESSION AND FREEDOM, 01:29 RIGHT AND WRONG, AND ULTIMATELY LIFE AND DEATH. 01:37 WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THIS GLARING PARADOX? 01:40 MANY RELIGIONS, INCLUDING THE BIBLE, TEACH THAT BEYOND THE 01:45 THREE DIMENSIONAL VEIL OF OUR PHYSICAL WORLD WE SEE, THERE'S 01:48 ANOTHER VERY REAL SPIRITUAL WORLD WE CANNOT SEE. 01:52 IN THIS UNSEEN REALM EVER ABOUT US WE SEE A TITANIC BATTLE 01:57 RAGING BETWEEN THE SUPREME RIGHTEOUS HERO AND THE ULTIMATE 02:01 EVIL VILLAIN. THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHO ARE 02:05 THESE PRIMARY PLAYERS AND HOW, WHERE, AND WHEN DID THIS COSMIC 02:10 CRISIS BEGIN? THIS IS THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF 02:14 THE AGES AND THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY THAT HAS EVER 02:18 BEEN TOLD. THIS CRISIS NOW INVOLVES EVERY 02:21 PERSON ON EARTH - YES, EVERY PERSON. (MUSIC) 02:45 >>AFTER THE WAR IN HEAVEN, SATAN AND HIS FALLEN 02:48 ANGELS WERE BANISHED FROM THE COURTS OF GLORY. 02:51 FOR A TIME, THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS ROAMED THROUGH THE 02:54 UNIVERSE UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHING FOR WORLDS TO 02:57 SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM IN THE REBELLION. 02:59 IN THE MEANTIME, THE HEART OF GOD KEENLY FELT THE VACUUM 03:04 CREATED BY THE LOSS OF LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS. 03:08 SO THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT RETURNED TO THEIR 03:11 FAVORITE WORK - THE MARVELOUS WORK OF CREATION. 03:15 THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW WORLD FILLED WITH A MYRIAD OF AMAZING 03:19 AND DIVERSE CREATURES TO LOVE. THIS NEW WORLD WOULD BE UNIQUE 03:23 BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLE CREATURES WOULD BE MADE IN GOD'S 03:26 OWN IMAGE. TO THEM THE LORD WOULD ALSO GIVE 03:30 DOMINION OF THIS NEW PLANET WE NOW KNOW AS EARTH. 03:36 >>"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE...EARTH...THEN GOD SAW 03:40 EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE, AND INDEED IT WAS VERY GOOD." 03:47 >>WHAT AN AWESOME SIGHT TO BEHOLD - GOD FORMING A BRAND-NEW 03:51 WORLD - OUR PLANET EARTH - AND WITH EVERY WONDERFUL DAY OF THE 03:55 CREATION SOMETHING NEW AND SPECTACULAR BURST UPON 03:59 THE SCENE. 04:01 ON THE THIRD DAY, GOD SPOKE AND BEAUTIFUL LUSH VEGETATION SPRANG 04:05 INTO EXISTENCE - PLANTS OF ALL COLORS, SHAPES, AND SIZES. 04:11 ON THE FIFTH DAY, THE WORLD WAS FILLED WITH STUNNING EXOTIC 04:15 CREATURES THAT COULD EITHER SOAR THROUGH THE HEAVENS OR GLIDE 04:18 FREELY THROUGH THE BLUE WATERS - AND SOME COULD DO BOTH. 04:24 THE SIXTH DAY SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF A VAST AND 04:27 DIVERSE MULTITUDE OF LAND ANIMALS - FROM THE GIANT 04:31 ELEPHANT TO THE TINY CHIPMUNK - EACH FOUND A HOME IN THE NEW 04:35 PLANET AND A PLACE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE REST OF 04:38 CREATION. AND ALSO ON THE SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MAN. 04:47 >>"THEN GOD SAID, 'LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO 04:52 OUR LIKENESS...' AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF 04:55 THE DUST OF THE GROUND, AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE 04:58 BREATH OF LIFE; AND MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING. 05:02 THE LORD GOD PLANTED A GARDEN EAST-WARD IN EDEN, AND THERE HE 05:05 PUT THE MAN WHOM HE HAD FORMED." 05:08 (MUSIC) 06:06 >>WHAT A TREMENDOUS HONOR - TO BE MADE IN THE LIKENESS 06:09 OF GOD - TO BE A FREE-THINKING, SELF-GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL. 06:15 IN THE BEGINNING, MAN WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS NAKEDNESS. 06:18 THIS WAS LIKELY BECAUSE, PRIOR TO SIN, HE WAS CLOTHED WITH 06:22 GLORY AND LIGHT. GOD ALSO CREATED THE IDEAL 06:33 COMPANION FOR ADAM - HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, EVE. 06:50 THE JOYFUL PAIR WERE PLACED IN A MAGNIFICENT GARDEN FLAWLESSLY 06:54 DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THEIR HAPPINESS. 06:57 TO ADAM AND EVE AND THE OTHER CREATURES OF THE EARTH WAS ALSO 07:00 GIVEN THE VINE PRIVILEGE OF PROCREATING IN THEIR OWN IMAGE. 07:06 IT WAS THE INTENTION OF GOD THAT THE HUMAN RACE WOULD RETAIN 07:10 DOMINION OVER THIS PERFECT PARADISE FOREVER - ETERNALLY 07:14 HAPPY AND HEALTHY, THEY'D WORK WITH THE FLORA OF GOD'S GARDEN 07:17 WHILE ENJOYING THE AFFECTION AND COMPANIONSHIP OF ALL THE 07:21 CREATURES UNDER THEIR CARE. THE ENVIRONMENT OUR FIRST 07:27 PARENTS EXPERIENCED WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD TODAY. 07:32 ROSES HAD NO THORNS. INSECTS DID NOT BITE OR STING 07:36 AND LIONS AND LAMBS WOULD GENTLY FROLIC TOGETHER. 07:40 BUT THE GREATEST BLESSING WAS THAT HUMANS LIVED IN PERFECT 07:44 HARMONY WITH THEIR MAKER. EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADAM AND EVE 07:48 WOULD REST FROM THEIR PLEASANT LABOR AND HOLD OPEN BLISSFUL 07:51 COMMUNION WITH THEIR VISITING CREATOR. 07:56 IT WAS A SPLENDID WONDERFUL WORLD AND THIS HAPPY ESTATE 08:00 WOULD HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH ETERNITY IF LY OUR FIRST 08:03 PARENTS HAD PROVED FAITHFUL IN ONE SIMPLE TEST. 08:10 >>"BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU 08:13 SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL 08:17 SURELY DIE." >>BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY HAD 08:22 CONTAMINATED THE UNIVERSE WITH HIS REBELLION, THE LORD SAW THE 08:26 NEED OF A SIMPLE TEST OF LOVE AND LOYALTY. 08:29 REMEMBER, THE GOOD ANGELS HAD JUST SEEN A THIRD OF THEIR 08:32 FRIENDS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN DURING THE WAR. 08:35 HOW COULD THEY BE ASSURED THESE NEW HUMANS WOULD NOT SIDE WITH 08:39 LUCIFER AND CAUSE MORE TROUBLE? 08:41 SO THE LORD PLACED A UNIQUE TREE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN - A TREE 08:45 WHOSE FRUIT WAS NOT TO BE EATEN ON PAIN OF DEATH. 08:50 PASSING THIS SIMPLE TEST OF OBEDIENCE WOULD DEMONSTRATE ADAM 08:53 AND EVE'S ALLEGIANCE TO GOD AND FAITH IN HIS WORD. 08:57 EVEN MORE, IT WAS A TEST OF LOVE - THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID IN 09:01 JOHN 14, 'IF YOU LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' 09:06 BUT SOMEONE ELSE LEARNED OF THIS TEST OF FAITH AND HE DETERMINED 09:10 TO USE IT TO HIS ADVANTAGE. SATAN WAS VERY JEALOUS OF THE 09:15 HAPPY HUMANS WHO WERE NOW ENJOYING THE BLESSED LIFE THAT 09:18 HE HAD LOST. THEIR HAPPY EXISTENCE STOOD IN STARK 09:22 CONTRAST TO HIS OWN, WHICH WAS NOW FULL OF GUILT, SIN, 09:26 AND MISERY. IN HIS BROODING RESENTMENT AND 09:28 ANGER HE WAS NOT CONTENT TO LEAVE THE INNOCENT PAIR ALONE 09:33 FOR SIN ALWAYS SEEKS TO DRAG OTHERS DOWN WITH IT. 09:42 AND SO ONE DAY, AS EVE WAS ENGAGED IN HER PLEASANT WORK, 09:46 SHE FOUND HERSELF ALONE AND PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE 09:49 FORBIDDEN TREE. IT WAS THEN THAT SATAN SAW 09:53 HIS OPPORTUNITY. USING A MESMERIZING SERPENT AS 09:56 HIS MEDIUM, THE FALLEN ANGEL CALLED TO EVE FROM THE TREE 10:01 AND THOUGHT TO ENGAGE HER IN CONVERSATION. 10:09 HIS CHARMING WORDS WERE CAREFULLY CALCULATED TO INSTILL 10:12 A DISTRUST OF GOD. >>"THEN THE SERPENT SAID TO THE 10:24 WOMAN, 'YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE. FOR GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY 10:28 YOU EAT OF IT YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE LIKE 10:31 GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.' SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE 10:35 TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, THAT IT WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A 10:39 TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE, SHE TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE. 10:44 SHE ALSO GAVE TO HER HUSBAND WITH HER, AND HE ATE." 10:50 >>TRAGICALLY, AS EVE LISTENED TO THE SMOOTH SILKY VOICE OF THE 10:54 TEMPTER, SHE BEGAN TO ENTERTAIN DOUBTS ABOUT GOD'S WORD. 10:59 THE SERPENT ENTICED HER WITH THE PROMISE OF ENHANCED POWER 11:02 AND WISDOM. 11:04 SHE FOUND THIS APPEALING - AFTER ALL, THE FRUIT HAD APPARENTLY 11:08 GIVEN THE SNAKE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. WHAT OTHER POWERS 11:11 MIGHT IT GIVE HER? AND SO, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD JUST MET 11:15 THE SERPENT, SHE TRUSTED HIS WORD ABOVE GOD WHO HAD CREATED 11:20 HER AND PROVIDED HER PARADISE HOME. 11:23 SO EVE ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT AND SOON AFTER PERSUADED HER 11:28 HUSBAND TO DO THE SAME. 11:31 ADAM COULD HAVE CHOSEN TO REMAIN LOYAL TO GOD BUT HE PUT HIS LOVE 11:35 FOR HIS WIFE ABOVE HIS LOVE FOR GOD. 11:38 AS OUR FIRST PARENTS GAVE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE ENEMY, 11:43 THE DOMINION OF THE EARTH WAS CLAIMED BY SATAN. 11:49 >>"DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT TO WHOM YOU PRESENT YOURSELVES SLAVES TO 11:52 OBEY, YOU ARE THAT ONE'S SLAVES WHOM YOU OBEY..." 11:56 "NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS." 12:02 >>THIS WORLD WOULD NOW BECOME THE ULTIMATE BATTLEFIELD BETWEEN 12:05 GOOD AND EVIL AND THE HEARTS OF EVERY MAN AND WOMAN THE PRIZE. 12:10 LITTLE DID ADAM AND EVE REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT THEIR ONE 12:13 MOMENT OF DISTRUST AND DEFIANCE WOULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF 12:17 SUFFERING OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 12:27 >>"THEREFORE, JUST AS THROUGH ONE MAN SIN ENTERED THE WORLD, 12:31 AND DEATH THROUGH SIN, AND THUS DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN, BECAUSE 12:35 ALL SINNED.:" >>OUR FIRST PARENTS SOON BEGAN 12:41 TO FACE THE TERRIBLE RESULTS OF THEIR SIN. 12:44 IN THEIR HOLY STATE, ADAM AND EVE GLOWED WITH ROBES OF GLORY. 12:49 AFTER THEY SINNED, THESE NATURAL ROBES OF LIGHT FADED AND THEY 12:53 BECAME MORTIFIED BY A SENSE OF THEIR NAKEDNESS. 12:57 SHAME AND FEAR REPLACED THEIR JOY AND PEACE AND THEY SOUGHT TO 13:00 COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS WITH LEAVES. THEY NOW, ALSO, 13:04 FOUND THEMSELVES UNDER THE CONSTANT INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL. 13:08 GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION HAD WEAKENED THEIR VERY NATURES AND 13:12 SATAN HAD GAINED A NEW POWER OVER HUMANITY. 13:15 PEOPLE COULD NO LONGER RESIST THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL IN 13:18 THEIR OWN STRENGTH. LASTLY, AND MOST TERRIFYING, 13:23 THEY FOUND THEMSELVES LIVING UNDER A LOOMING DEATH SENTENCE. 13:27 GOD HAD WARNED THEM THAT DISOBEDIENCE WOULD BRING DEATH. 13:31 THEY HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE SPIRITUAL DEATH, HOW LONG UNTIL 13:35 THEY SUFFERED PHYSICAL DEATH AS WELL? AT THIS POINT 13:39 THEIR FUTURE HELD NOTHING BUT DARKNESS AND DESPAIR. 13:44 >>"SO HE DROVE OUT THE MAN; AND HE PLACED CHERUBIM AT THE EAST 13:47 OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN, AND A FLAMING SWORD WHICH TURNED EVERY 13:51 WAY, TO GUARD THE WAY TO THE TREE OF LIFE." 13:57 >>JUST AS SIN CAUSED THE FALLEN ANGELS TO BE EXPELLED FROM THEIR 14:00 HEAVENLY HOME, SNOW, BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE, ADAM AND EVE 14:05 WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR GARDEN HOME IN PARADISE. 14:08 EVERYTHING AROUND THEM WAS QUICKLY CHANGING AND HUMANKIND 14:11 FOUND ITSELF SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEARTACHE, DISEASE AND, FINALLY, 14:15 DEATH. EVEN THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS WERE 14:19 INFECTED BY THE TERRIBLE CURSE. THORNS AND THISTLES NOW APPEARED 14:23 ON TREES AND FLOWERS AND ANIMALS THAT HAD FORMERLY BEEN GENTLE 14:27 BEGAN TO KILL AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER. THE WORST RESULT WAS 14:32 SIN HAD SEPARATED HUMANITY FROM GOD. 14:41 >>"BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR GOD; 14:44 AND YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU, 14:47 SO THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR." 14:52 >>AT CREATION, ADAM AND EVE WERE GIVEN THE HONOR OF SPEAKING WITH 14:55 THE ANGELS AND EVEN GOD THE SON, FACE TO FACE. BUT GOD IS SO 15:00 PERFECTLY PURE AND HOLY THAT NO EVIL CAN EXIST IN HIS ESENCE. 15:05 NOW THAT THE FIRST HUMANS HAD SINNED, GOD WITHDREW HIS HOLY 15:08 PRESENCE FROM THEM FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION. 15:11 SIN HAD BURNED A CATARACT ON THE SOUL OF MAN SO HE COULD NO 15:15 LONGER SEE THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION. FROM THIS TIME ON 15:19 DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH HEAVEN WOULD BE LIMITED. (MUSIC) 15:25 >>AS ALL OF THESE CURSES FELL UPON ADAM AND EVE, 15:28 THE LORD'S HEART WAS DEEPLY MOVED WITH TENDER COMPASSION. 15:32 THE LAW THAT THEY HAD BROKEN COULD NOT BE ALTERED TO SAVE 15:35 THEM, FOR IT'S AS SACRED AND UNCHANGING AS GOD HIMSELF. 15:39 THE LORD KNEW THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY THAT MAN COULD BE REDEEMED 15:43 SO A PLAN WAS REVEALED - BORN FROM THE VERY HEART OF GOD - A 15:47 PLAN TO SAVE MAN FROM HIS APPOINTMENT WITH ETERNAL DEATH 15:51 AND TO RESTORE EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN LOST THROUGH SIN. 15:55 IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING ENDEAVOR IN ITS DEPTH, SCOPE, AND POWER, 15:59 BUT IT WAS A PLAN THAT WOULD ALSO INVOLVE AN ENORMOUS 16:02 SACRIFICE. >>"GOD'S LOVE WAS REVEALED AMONG 16:10 US IN THIS WAY: GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD SO THAT 16:15 WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM. IN THIS IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE 16:19 LOVED GOD BUT THAT HE LOVED US AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE 16:23 ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS." 16:29 >>THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH IN ROMANS 6:23 THAT THE WAGES 16:33 FOR SIN ARE DEATH. THE BROKEN LAW DEMANDED THE LIFE 16:37 OF THE SINNER AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN ALL THE UNIVERSE WHO 16:41 COULD QUALIFY AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY. 16:45 THE CREATOR ALONE COULD PAY THE DEBT OF HIS CREATURES BY 16:49 STANDING IN THEIR PLACE. SO JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, 16:54 WILLINGLY AGREED TO LEAVE THE PURITY, GLORY, AND SAFETY OF 16:58 HEAVEN. HE WOULD COME TO DIE IN MAN'S 17:02 BEHALF ON THIS WICKED RENEGADE PLANET. 17:05 HE WOULD BE BORN AS AN INNOCENT HELPLESS BABY, ENDURE A LIFE OF 17:09 SORROW AND SHAME, AND YET LIVE A PERFECT AND VICTORIOUS LIFE. 17:15 FINALLY, HE WOULD DIE A HUMILIATING DEATH IN ORDER TO 17:18 STAND AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FALLEN HUMANITY. 17:22 THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE MANKIND MIGHT, AMAZINGLY, BE OFFERED ONE 17:27 MORE CHANCE AT ETERNAL LIFE. HIS BLOOD WOULD PROVIDE THE 17:30 RANSOM FOR THE WORLD THAT HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED BY SATAN. 17:36 THIS WONDERFUL PLAN OF REDEMPTION WAS GRAPHICALLY 17:39 ILLUSTRATED IN THE SYSTEM OF ANIMAL SACRIFICES ORDAINED BY 17:43 GOD AFTER THE FALL OF MAN. THE LORD HAD WARNED ADAM AND EVE 17:47 THEY WOULD DIE THE DAY THEY ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT. 17:50 SO HOW WAS IT THAT THEY REMAINED ALIVE? 17:53 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT SOON AFTER THEIR SIN GOD PROVIDED 17:57 CLOTHING FOR THEM IN THE FORM OF ANIMAL SKINS. 18:01 IT'S WORTHY OF NOTING THAT REVELATION REFERS TO JESUS 18:04 CHRIST AS THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. 18:08 THIS INDICATES THAT A LAMB WAS SLAIN THAT VERY DAY TO PREVENT 18:13 THEIR IMMEDIATE DEATH. BY FAITH IN THIS SACRIFICE, 18:17 THEIR DEATH SENTENCE WAS SYMBOLICALLY TRANSFERRED FROM 18:19 THEMSELVES TO THE INNOCENT CREATURE - THE LAMB, OF COURSE, 18:23 BEING A REPRESENTATION OF JESUS. AND SO, A RAY OF HOPE WAS 18:28 PROVIDED IN A SEEMINGLY DARK AND HOPELESS SITUATION. 18:32 THROUGH REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN THE BLOOD OF THE COMING MESSIAH, 18:36 ANY HUMAN COULD ONCE AGAIN BECOME A CHILD OF GOD. 18:40 BUT IN SPITE OF THIS WONDERFUL PLAN, FOR THE TIME BEING, SATAN 18:44 WOULD STILL HAVE DOMINION OVER THE EARTH AND LIFE IN THIS WORLD 18:48 WOULD NOT BE EASY. 18:53 >>"IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION; BUT BE OF GOOD 18:56 CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD." 19:02 >>MANY NATURALLY WONDER WHY A LOVING AND ALL-POWERFUL GOD 19:06 PERMITS SORROW AND SUFFERING IN OUR WORLD TODAY. 19:09 BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM GENESIS THAT GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR US TO 19:13 KNOW THE PAIN AND TRIALS OF THIS LIFE. 19:17 AS IT CAME FROM GOD'S HAND THE EARTH WAS A WONDERFUL PARADISE. 19:21 IT WAS THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE THAT GAVE SATAN THE RIGHT TO 19:25 CLAIM CONTROL OF THIS PLANET. BECAUSE OF THEIR TRAGIC CHOICE, 19:29 THE DEVIL AND HIS MINIONS GAINED THE POWER TO TEMPT AND TORMENT 19:32 HUMANS - INFLICTING SICKNESS, PAIN AND SUFFERING. 19:37 PERHAPS A BETTER QUESTION WOULD BE, 'WHY DOESN'T SATAN HAVE FULL 19:40 CONTROL OF HUMANITY?' THE ANSWER IS JESUS CHRIST. 19:47 YOU MAY ALREADY REALIZE THAT JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS 19:50 PROVIDED EACH OF US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAVED. 19:54 BUT IN REALITY IT DID MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 19:57 WHEN THE SAVIOR OFFERED HIS LIFE TO REDEEM THE EARTH, THAT ACT 20:01 PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON SATAN'S CONTROL OVER HUMANITY. 20:06 SATAN COULD NOT FORCE OUR WILL AND HIS POWER TO HARM US WOULD 20:09 BE LIMITED. 20:10 CHRIST'S SACRIFICE ALSO BROUGHT US A TIME OF PROBATION WHERE WE 20:15 CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOD'S 20:18 GOVERNMENT AND SATAN'S AND THEN DECIDE WHO WE WOULD SERVE. 20:23 ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE OF JESUS' SELFLESS SACRIFICE, SATAN'S 20:27 KINGDOM WILL COME TO AN END AND THE EARTH WILL ONE DAY BE 20:31 RETURNED TO MAN MORE WONDERFUL THAN IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING. 20:36 SO WHEN ADAM AND EVE BEGAN THEIR LIVES AS EXILES FROM PARADISE, 20:40 THEY STILL HAD HOPE. 20:42 GOD HAD PROVIDED THE SKINS OF SACRIFICED ANIMALS TO COVER 20:46 THEIR NAKEDNESS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE HAD PROMISED THE 20:50 BLOOD OF THE LAMB OF GOD TO COVER THEIR SIN IF THEY ACCEPTED 20:55 CHRIST AND REPENTED. ONE BIG QUESTION REMAINED: 20:59 WOULD PEOPLE ACCEPT GOD'S GENEROUS GIFT? 21:07 >>"HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION?" 21:13 (MUSIC) THE AMAZING STORY THAT YOU JUST 21:15 HEARD IS TRUE AND IT AFFECTS YOU. 21:19 BECAUSE OF SATAN'S DESIRE TO BE GOD AND ADAM AND EVE'S DISTRUST 21:23 AND DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD, WE ALL FIND OURSELVES IN A PERILOUS 21:27 SITUATION: ON ONE HAND, MANKIND HAS BEEN GREATLY FAVORED BY GOD 21:33 WITH A SECOND CHANCE TO REGAIN OUR EDEN HOME. 21:37 ON THE OTHER, IF WE FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WONDERFUL 21:40 OPPORTUNITY, WE BECOME SLAVES TO SATAN AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE 21:45 DESTROYED WHEN GOD CLEANSES THE UNIVERSE OF SIN. 21:48 FRIENDS, THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO MAKE YOUR DECISION FOR JESUS 21:53 THAN RIGHT NOW. NONE OF US KNOW HOW LONG WE 21:56 MIGHT HAVE TO LIVE ON THIS EARTH. 21:59 OUR LIVES CAN END INSTANTLY. JESUS HAS SHOWN GREAT INTEREST 22:03 IN YOUR WELL-BEING AND HIS LOVE FOR YOU MOVED HIM TO PROVIDE 22:07 A WAY TO ESCAPE FROM THE COMING DESTRUCTION. 22:10 HE JUST ASKS YOU TO ACCEPT HIM - TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS. 22:15 THROUGH CHRIST YOU CAN FIND PARDON AND RECEIVE A NEW HEART 22:19 TO BECOME LIKE HIM IN CHARACTER. 22:22 THE SOBERING NEWS IS THAT SATAN IS MOVING IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY 22:27 TO KEEP YOU FROM ACCEPTING GOD'S GIFT OF SALVATION. 22:31 THROUGH THE BUSYNESS OF LIFE, THE LOVE OF MONEY, OR SOME OTHER 22:34 FASCINATING DISTRACTION, HE WORKS TO KEEP YOU OCCUPIED WITH 22:38 ANYTHING BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS MOST - YOUR ETERNAL SALVATION. 22:43 FOR YOU SEE, THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT IF YOU DON'T 22:47 CHOOSE JESUS, YOU WILL HAVE, BY DEFAULT, CHOSEN SATAN. 22:53 ALTHOUGH ADAM AND EVE'S TERRIBLE CHOICE BROUGHT UNTOLD DEATH AND 22:57 MISERY, YOU NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION. 23:01 GOD IS OFFERING YOU A PEACE THAT SATISFIES THE DEEPEST LONGING IN 23:05 YOUR SOUL AND A JOY THAT WILL LIFT YOU ABOVE THE TRIALS OF 23:09 THIS WORLD. THE YEARNING DESIRE OF GOD'S 23:12 HEART IS FOR YOU TO BE SAVED AND TO BE WITH HIM IN PARADISE. 23:17 BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN IS YOU. 23:21 IMAGINE HOW TRAGIC IT WOULD BE IF YOU WERE NEEDLESSLY TO REJECT 23:25 THIS PRECIOUS GIFT. YOU CAN CHOOSE, TODAY, TO ACCEPT 23:30 THE SALVATION THAT GOD HAS PROMISED. IN FACT, THIS VERY 23:33 MOMENT YOU CAN ACCEPT EVERLASTING LIFE THROUGH 23:36 JESUS CHRIST. CAN I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME 23:40 RIGHT NOW IN A SIMPLE PRAYER ACCEPTING HIS WONDERFUL OFFER? 23:46 PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME: DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I COME TO YOU 23:52 NOW AND HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. LORD, I CONFESS 23:57 THAT I'M A SINNER AND I'VE BROKEN YOUR HOLY LAW. 24:01 I REALIZE THAT THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH. 24:06 I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED AND DIED ON THE 24:09 CROSS...TO TAKE THE PUNISHMENT FOR ALL OF MY SINS. 24:13 I BELIEVE JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND I ACCEPT HIM AS MY 24:18 PERSONAL SAVIOR. FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD I GIVE 24:22 YOU MY HEART AND TRUST YOU TO BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE. 24:27 PLEASE FORGIVE ALL OF MY SINS AND SEND YOUR SPIRIT TO HELP ME 24:32 DO YOUR WILL. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE 24:36 AND ACCEPT YOUR GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE AND I PRAY THESE THINGS IN 24:42 JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 24:52 >>I'M ACTUALLY REALLY SURPRISED - THEY JUST TOLD ME, HERE IN THE 24:54 STUDIO, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS AWAY. WHAT IS IT? 24:57 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE DVD WE TOOK TWO YEARS IN PRODUCING, 25:00 EXPLAINING WHY TRE IS EVIL IN THE WORLD - COSMIC CONFLICT - IF 25:05 GOD IS SO LOVING, THEN WHY WOULD HE MAKE A DEVIL? 25:08 OR DID HE? IF GOD IS SO POWERFUL, WHY 25:10 DOESN'T HE DESTROY THE DEVIL? IF GOD IS GOOD, THEN WHY DO BAD 25:13 THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND 25:16 MUCH MORE ARE ANSWERED IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 25:20 THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS, DVD CALLED THE COSMIC CONFLICT . 25:24 WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE FOR ASKING. 25:26 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, GO TO AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL 25:31 877-232-2871 AND ASK FOR OFFER #809. AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR FREE 25:39 RESOURCE, MAKE SURE AND READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE 25:42 ELSE BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 25:47 (MUSIC) >>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN IN 1965 WITH A GOD-INSPIRED 25:57 CONCEPT. >>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS AND 26:00 THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST FACTS WHICAFFECT YOU. 26:03 >>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM 26:07 SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY, FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT 26:11 TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE. 26:15 THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON 26:18 BEGAN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS. 26:21 IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS 26:26 GROWING OUTREACH EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING 26:29 EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD. 26:33 IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE 26:37 MINISTRY, ADDING THE BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO 26:40 PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON 26:44 MULTIPLE NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD. 26:47 FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE 26:52 BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A 26:56 TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND 26:59 WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF 27:02 EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH 27:07 SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS. AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S 27:13 MESSAGE, OUR MISSION. >>THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 27:28 (MUSIC) 29:22 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 29:25 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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